Western Press Books is an on-going project of the graduate and undergraduate creative writing programs at Western State Colorado University in collaboration with the institution’s Office of Extended Studies. The press focuses on literary work in fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry depicting the New West.

According to this latest edition’s editor, Larry Meredith, the anthology “lays bare the variety of people, geography, ideologies, wildlife, weather, histories and maybe even attitudes toward tourists along with much more of what makes up this part of the United States.”

Medieval European perceptions of Central Asia, China, and India changeddramatically in the late middle ages. The rise of a powerful and unknown Mongol empire, coupled with loss of the Crusader Kingdoms, led European thinkers to question their knowledge of the East. This talk will cover developments in the arts and cartography of the period when European audiences began reading thereports of missionaries and merchants who traveled through Asia.

Western Press Books announces the fall publication of its annual anthology "Manifest West," this third issue entitled “Different Roads: Traversing the Diverse Roads of the West.”

Western Press Books is an on-going project of the graduate and undergraduate creative writing programs at Western State Colorado University in collaboration with the institution’s Office of Extended Studies. The press focuses on literary work in fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry depicting the New West.

This is going to be a fun night of eating popcorn, hanging out with good friends, and being in your Pajamas. Bring your friends and have a eventful night watching one of greatest movies of all time. The movie is going to only be $1 and same with the popcorn. I can't wait to see you there!!!

Garcia's visit came as part of a statewide Colorado Completes! effort to promote student retention, persistence and graduation. The Western Competes! event recognized the university's PRIME program, while also highlighting other programs that promote student success at Western.

The program is set to begin in January with six students studying and interning at CBMR’s Grand Lodge and the Lodge at Mountain Square, just steps from the high-speed chairlifts that serve some of North America’s most interesting ski and snowboarding terrain. The students, all upper-classmen, will work daily at the resort, where they will also be learning and earning credits toward graduation.

All new students will register for classes with the assistance of an academic advisor in the Academic Resource Center beginning Monday, November 10th, 2014. Freshmen and transfer students with less than 24 credits will complete a registration questionnaire and will be registered by an academic advisor. Transfer students with 24 or more credits will have an in-person or over the phone registration appointment. All transfer evaluations need to be complete prior to registering for classes.

As I expect many of you know, the West Chester University Poetry Conference is on hiatus this year. What some of you may not know is that well before that unfortunate cancellation had been announced, we at Western had already invited its Director, Kim Bridgford, to deliver our Poetry Keynote Address for the 2015 Writing the Rockies Conference (July 22 - 26).

Chavez, who this past summer joined the Master in Environmental Management faculty after a stint at Germany's Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, explained how he has profiled a set of U.S. communities and found their roles as producers and consumers, based on measurements of their energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, vary widely.

These successes range from technical certifications to medical school.

Hays notes many students considering college try to compare such acceptance rates. Some want assurance that if they’re accepted into an undergraduate program, they will be accepted into medical school, veterinary school, a nursing program or graduate studies in other biological sciences. But he says it’s not that simple.

Gary Snyder recently spoke at Western, as part of the Headwaters Conference. Before the reading, John Hausdoerffer, the Director of Western's new Master's in Environmental Management and of Headwaters, invited a group to dinner with Snyder -- where I took this photo -- and we had a great time.

“The Peace Corps is pleased to announce this new partnership with Western State Colorado University to enable students to gain important hands-on work experience as they pursue their graduate studies,” Peace Corps Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet said. “In today’s interconnected world, employers are looking for more highly trained and culturally competent professionals now more than ever.”

These alums (listed alphabetically) have contacted Dr. Orr via email or through the alumni group on her LinkedIn page. If you would like your news to be included in updated versions of the alumni news, please contact Dr. Orr through LinkedIn, or email (horr@western.edu), or contact the department web content manager, Professer Terri Murphy at tmurphy@western.edu

The 2013-2014 school year has been a big turning point for the Art Department. There are many exciting developments happening and our department is beginning to grow again. Fairly recently, the Art Department has a new leader, Dr. Heather Orr. Dr. Orr’s leadership has shown a strong grade of progressivism and change into reaching the full potential of the University Department.